Adjustable window-shade and curtain hanger.



P. L. M GLURE. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1912.

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ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE AND CIIRTAIN HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP L. MCCLURE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Cobb, in the county'of Caddo and State of Oklahoma,have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable VVindow-Shadeand Curtain Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade roller and curtain pole brackets, theobject in View being to provide an adjustable bracket for supportingWindow shade rollers and ourtain poles which will enable said bracketand the parts carried thereby to be adjusted to any desired extent fromthe top of the window frame, so as to provide for the proper ventilationand illumination over and above the curtain and shade.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the kindreferred to which may be manufactured at a minimum cost, and readilyapplied, without the aid of a skilled mechanic.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of awindow frame, showingthe de vice of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of theslide brackets. Fig. 4 is avertical section through the same, showingthe detachable pole supporting arm.

In carrying out this invention, I employ parallel guides 1 secured toopposite vertical portions 2 of a window frame, the said guides 1 beingof any suitable length and being secured at their top and bottom ends tothe window frame. Each of said guides is preferably in the form of ametal strap of suitable width and thickness, having the lower extremitythereof offset inwardly, as shown at 3, and provided with a hole 4: toreceive a screw or other fastening device 5. At its upper end, eachguide 1 is provided with a hole 6 to receive a screw or other fas tener7 which passes therethrough into the window frame, the upper end of theguide being held at a suitable distance from the window casing by meansof an interposed spacing block 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1912.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Serial No. 718,514.

Mounted so as to be capable of being slid up and down on each guide 1 isa bracket 9 provided near its top and bottom with two sets of guideembracing fingers, the fingers of each set being located at oppositesides of the bracket body and provided with hook-shaped retaining lips10 which bear and ride against the rear faces of the guides or straps 1.Each bracket is also provided with a binding screw 11 passing throughthe front of the bracket and bearing against the front face of the guide1, thereby enabling the bracket as a whole to be adjusted lengthwise ofthe guide and securely fastened at any desired point of elevationthereon. The screw 11 bears against the guide or strap, between the topand bottom fingers 10, and is adapted to deflect said guide or strapsufiiciently to cause it to bind tightly against the fingers.

In its upper side, each bracket is provided wit-h a vertical socket 12,in which is removably fitted the lower extremity of the shank 13 of apole supporting arm 14, the upper and outer end portion of which iscurved, so as to embrace a curtain pole and hold the same in properposition to support the curtain in front of the window frame. Eachbracket is further provided with an outwardly extending ear 15 formedwith a hole or slot 16 for the purpose of receiving one of the endpintles of a curtain shade roller, shown at 17 From the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it willnow be seen that the roller and pole supporting brackets may be readilyadjusted up and down on the parallel guides 1, so as to provide for therequired amount of ventilation and light over the shade roller andcurtain pole. It will further be seen that the device referred to isexceedingly simple and economical in construction, and the adjustmentreferred to may be easily efiected. Furthermore, the device as a Wholemay be readily applied to any window frame, without requiring theservices of an expert workman.

lVhat is claimed is:

The combination with a window frame, of vertical parallel metal strapsterminally fastened in spaced relation to said frame and formingparallel guides, slide brackets movable along said straps and formed intheir top faces with downwardly extending sockets, top and bottom setsof strap embracing fingers extending backwardly from the body of thebracket and bearing and riding against the rear sides of said straps,set screws passing through threaded openings in the front sides of thebrackets between the top and bottom sets of fingers and adapted todeflect the intervening portions of the straps, shade roller supportingears on said brackets, and curtain pole support- PHILIP L. MOCLURE.WVitnesses WM. G. ABSHERE, ROBERT F. FIELDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner, of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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